Protect Education Act
Coverage of Protect Education Act in the Nexus archive.
- Why Save Our Schools Arizona is suing to stop the GOP’s trickery aimed at blocking voucher reforms
Save Our Schools Arizona is suing Republican lawmakers over HCR2048, a bill accused of using military families as a pretext to block the Protect Education Act, a voter-approved initiative to reform Arizona's private school voucher program. The lawsuit claims HCR2048 is unconstitutional, violating Arizona's separate amendment rule by linking unrelated provisions to invalidate the voter initiative.
- Voucher oversight initiative turns in 420k signatures, more than enough to make the ballot
A ballot initiative to increase oversight of Arizona’s school voucher program, the Protect Education Act, submitted over 420,000 signatures, exceeding the required threshold for the November ballot. The initiative proposes restrictions on the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program, including income caps and prohibitions on luxury purchases, and faces potential opposition from voucher supporters.